Penn in the News

‘Tis the 2016 standardized testing season around the country and there are, naturally, stories about computer breakdowns, stupid test questions, parents opting their children out of the tests, etc.

A profile of Jack Guttentag of the Wharton School on his research into the mortgage industry.

It has long been assumed that girls of color are faring much better than their male counterparts. But that’s not necessarily true, experts say, drawing new attention to the daunting challenges that young girls of color face as they progress through adolescence and go on to enroll in college.

The human cargo was loaded on ships at a bustling wharf in the nation’s capital, destined for the plantations of the Deep South. Some slaves pleaded for rosaries as they were rounded up, praying for deliverance. But on this day, in the fall of 1838, no one was spared: not the 2-month-old baby and her mother, not the field hands, not the shoemaker and not Cornelius Hawkins, who was about 13 years old when he was forced onboard.

Students applying to top colleges crave to hear “yes!” when decisions roll out in March and brace themselves for “no.” But huge numbers get a vague answer that is neither admission nor denial — a tantalizing “maybe” — with an invitation to join a wait list.

A group of former George Washington University students are challenging the idea that online degree programs -- specifically their own -- offer the same quality as face-to-face education.

Gustavo Aguirre of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted on his findings in blindness in dogs.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center joins a discussion about the presidential primary in New York.

About 50 Idaho State University students from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have reported that their homes have been burglarized over a period of several weeks, leading some to contemplate transferring and jeopardizing the university's flow of students from the Middle East. In some cases hateful messages were left behind in the students' homes, according to a letter the university president, Arthur C. Vailas, sent Wednesday.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on the student populations of historically black colleges and universities.